Means for opening envelops.



J. W. VANDEGRIPP. MEANS PoR OPENING ENvELoPs.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 12, 1910. Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT] ormoni., j

1,013,909. v Specification of Letters Patent Patented Jan.'9,1912.

1 application filed December 12,1910.- s eria1No.596,s5s

' To all whom it may concern: The grooves maybe s formed as to embed Be it known that I, JOHN W. VANDE- the tape without `reducing the thickness of GRIFF, a citizen of the United States, residthe paper as shown in F ig. 5. ing at Atlanta,'in the county of Fulton and- Obviously by wea-kening' the lines alongl State of Georgia., have invented certain new -side the tape the latter when pulled will BrA and useful Improvements in Means for readily .tear the lpaper, whereby to gain Opening Envelops; and I do A`hereby Vdeaccess to the envelop. l y clarethe following to be a full, clear, and The tapeis preferably of Wide mesh fabeXact descriptionof the invention, such as ricto permit the impregnation of paste to 1.0 vvill enableothers skilled in the art to which secure itV to the envelop, and when so se- 60\ 1t appertams to make and use the same, cured its bottom will be illshed with the s' reference being had to the aceompanyingf adjacent surfaces-of the paper in which it drawings, and toletters or figures of referis-embedded. ence marked thereon, which form .a partof Theinvention is extremely simple,` and by this speciiication embedding the tape in the paper it will 6 5v This invention relates to improvements always' remain'in positionwhen the flap is in means for opening envelops. S 2 open.

The inventionconsists in embedding or What I claimis: v

impressing a fiat -fabric strip intothepapefb 1. envelop having "embossed grooves 20 of the envelop and form grooves adjacent therein and a tape embedded in the paper 70 '30 tive view of a sealed envelop illustrating- ,hesive substance thereon, a tape embedded 80 Y 10 The numeral 1 indicates an ordinaryv en-V ness, and -walls 'of the grooves 'pro'ecting 90 5 the'tape is pulled to tear open the envelop. J. A. 'B iEnsoE.

sa-idstrip to form weak lines for th' .conbetween the grooves to rip the paper along venient'teari g Aof the paper whenthe strip Vthe grooves when said tape ispulled. is pulled. f '2. An envelop having embeddedin'the' l 'I he invention also comprehends improvepaper'thereof a tape, and grooves formed ments in the details -of construction and'ar- 1n the paper at the side of the tape to form 7,5

ran ment ofparts to be hereinafter deweak lines-to rip the paper when the tape scrid' and particularly pointed out in the is pulled, the walls of the grooves projecty f ing beyond the surface of the envelop.- In the'drawings: Figure 1, is a perspec- 3. An envelop having a Hap with an adthe application of my unprovementj Fig. in t-he. flap and secured therein, said -iiap 2 is a similar view yshowing the' envelop. having grooves almgside the-.tape to propartiallyripped by the tape. Fig. 3 is a vide weak lines for tearingI the paper, the perspective of the reverse side of the Hap walls of said grooves projecting'beyond thc of the envelop. Fig. 4.- is an enlarged 'cross surface' of the envelop. 85 "sect-ion illustrating the construction of the 4. An envelop' havinga 'tape embedded invention. Fig. 5vis a similar view illusin. the.d aper thereof and Agrooves lormedtrating a slightly different form of the'inalongsi e the tape, the paper where the vention. i grooves are formed being reduced 1'n th1ck -velop,- and 2 `the flap thereof. Embedded beyondthe surface of the -paper a jacent.- or-impressedin'the fla 2,-near thezfold-line said grooves. t' 3, thereof is a lat'pre erably fabric tape 4. In testunony whereof have slgned my When 'this ta -e is-applied to the flap,it is name to this specilcation- 1n the presence ,of pressed into t e'paper, and along each lontwo subscribing witnesses. gitudin'al edge' is formed a groove 5. The JOHN W VANDEGRIFR. groove isforniedby impressing thepaper which greatly reduces the thiclmess thereof, ,W1tnesses: and permits of it being readily torn when FLYNN Hannan', l 

